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Download or read book Saint Jack written by Paul Theroux and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Flowers, saint or sinner, caught a passing bumboat into Singapore and got a job as a water-clerk to a Chinese ship chandler. Now, on the side, he offers girls (indeed 'anything, anything at all') to tourists, sailors, residents and expatriates, but he is haunted by his lack of worldly success and his fifty-three years weigh heavily on him. So when he agrees to act as blackmailer for the faintly sinister American, Edwin Shuck, in a plot against a general from Vietnam, he has high, not to mention wild, hopes of triumph. These are the outrageous confessions of an ingenious con man in the seedy and unforgettable world of expatriates amidst imperial ruins.
Download or read book Saint Jack written by Paul Theroux and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American pimp in Singapore finds his life of pleasure turning against him in this comic novel by the acclaimed author of The Great Railway Bazaar. Once a small-time American hustler, Jack Flowers found his calling when he jumped into the Straits of Malacca and hitched a ride to Singapore. Deftly identifying the fastest route to fame along the seedy port, Jack started hiring girls out to lonely tourists, sailors, bachelors—anyone with some loose change and a wandering eye. Some years later, he’s running two pleasure palaces and something of a legend among those in the know. But just as Jack is riding high, a shocking tumble toward the brink of death leaves him shaken, depressed and vulnerable. Desperate to pull himself back up, he’s quick to do business with Edwin Shuck, a powerful American working to take down an unsuspecting general. Marked with Paul Theroux’s trademark biting humor, Saint Jack is an audacious tale of sex, faith, guilt, innocence, middle-age, and the meaning of it all.
Book Synopsis How to Become a Saint by : Jack Bernard
Download or read book How to Become a Saint written by Jack Bernard and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers vision, encouragement, and practical disciplines for pursuing a life of faith while explaining that the life of a saint is simply one that is fully oriented toward God and is a life attainable for everyone.
Book Synopsis Jack McKinney's Tales from Saint Joseph's Hardwood by : Jack McKinney
Download or read book Jack McKinney's Tales from Saint Joseph's Hardwood written by Jack McKinney and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a foreword by current coach Phil Martelli, Tales from Saint Joseph's Hardwood: The Hawk Will Never Die recounts the storied history of St. Joe's basketball through the eyes and eras of its great coaches. Hawk Hall of Fame coach (and former NBA Coach of the Year) Jack McKinney studs the fast-moving account with poignant and humorous anecdotes. Jack and author Bob Gordon interview hundreds of former and current players, coaches, Hawk mascots, and fans who add a trove of zippy Hawk lore. There's a lot of lore. St. Joe's has competed in parts of 11 decades standing toe to toe with all the big guys of college hoops. The Hawks have tumbled many a Goliath in chalking up over 1000 wins--more wins than all but a couple dozen other colleges in the entire nation. The book gives an in-depth profile of Jack McKinney from his youth in Chester to his two NBA championship rings. You'll also chuckle at the inside story of the Hawk mascot, which ESPN chose as college basketball's best. The Phillie Phanatic (a former Hawk himself) guest authors in the mascot chapter. All the memorable wins and heart breaking defeats are recaptured. Through the prism of 45 years, Tales from Saint Joseph's Hardwood: The Hawk Will Never Die looks back at the heart breaking 1960 point-shaving scandal. Up-close-and-personal profiles of Hawk stars like George Senesky, Matty Guokas, Cliff Anderson, Mike Bantom, Jameer Nelson, and Delante West stud the narrative. Palestra and Big Five lore abounds. Past and present Big Five coaches pick their all-time Big Five teams and recount their greatest memories. Finally, hilarious tales about Hawk teams playing overseas spice a must-read entertaining and informative book for collegebasketball lovers everywhere.
Book Synopsis Theatres of San Francisco by : Jack Tillmany
Download or read book Theatres of San Francisco written by Jack Tillmany and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You read the sad stories in the papers: another ornate, 1920s, single-screen theatre closes, to be demolished and replaced by a strip mall. That's progress, and in this 20-screen multiplex world, it's happening more and more. Only a handful of the 100 or so neighborhood theatres that once graced these streets are left in San Francisco, but they live on in the photographs featured in this book. The heyday of such venues as the Clay, Noe, Metro, New Mission, Alexandria, Coronet, Fox, Uptown, Coliseum, Surf, El Rey, and Royal was a time when San Franciscans thronged to the movies and vaudeville shows, dressed to the hilt, to see and be seen in majestic art deco palaces. Unfortunately, this era has passed into history despite the dedicated efforts of many neighborhood preservation groups.
Book Synopsis Jack St. Clair Kilby, a Man of Few Words by : Edwin Graham Millis
Download or read book Jack St. Clair Kilby, a Man of Few Words written by Edwin Graham Millis and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Poet Be Like God by : Lewis Ellingham
Download or read book Poet Be Like God written by Lewis Ellingham and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 1998-07-29 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of poet Jack Spicer (1925-1965), a key figure in San Francisco’s gay cultural scene and in the development of American avant garde poetries.
Download or read book Kinda' Hot written by Ben Slater and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The St. Louis African American Community and the Exodusters by : Bryan M. Jack
Download or read book The St. Louis African American Community and the Exodusters written by Bryan M. Jack and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the Civil War, thousands of former slaves made their way from the South to the Kansas plains. Called “Exodusters,” they were searching for their own promised land. Bryan Jack now tells the story of this American exodus as it played out in St. Louis, a key stop in the journey west. Many of the Exodusters landed on the St. Louis levee destitute, appearing more as refugees than as homesteaders, and city officials refused aid for fear of encouraging more migrants. To the stranded Exodusters, St. Louis became a barrier as formidable as the Red Sea, and Jack tells how the city’s African American community organized relief in response to this crisis and provided the migrants with funds to continue their journey. The St. Louis African American Community and the Exodusters tells of former slaves such as George Rogers and Jacob Stevens, who fled violence and intimidation in Louisiana and Mississippi. It documents the efforts of individuals in St. Louis, such as Charlton Tandy, Moses Dickson, and Rev. John Turner, who reached out to help them. But it also shows that black aid to the Exodusters was more than charity. Jack argues that community support was a form of collective resistance to white supremacy and segregation as well as a statement for freedom and self-direction—reflecting an understanding that if the Exodusters’ right to freedom of movement was limited, so would be the rights of all African Americans. He also discusses divisions within the African American community and among its leaders regarding the nature of aid and even whether it should be provided. In telling of the community’s efforts—a commitment to civil rights that had started well before the Civil War—Jack provides a more complete picture of St. Louis as a city, of Missouri as a state, and of African American life in an era of dramatic change. Blending African American, southern, western, and labor history, The St. Louis African American Community and the Exodusters offers an important new lens for exploring the complex racial relationships that existed within post-Reconstruction America.
Book Synopsis Saint Thérèse of Lisieux by : Jack O'Neill
Download or read book Saint Thérèse of Lisieux written by Jack O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, suitable for children of all ages, tells the story of the life of St Therese. Contains colour illustrations by Kati Teague.
Book Synopsis San Diego Legends by : Jack Scheffler Innis
Download or read book San Diego Legends written by Jack Scheffler Innis and published by Sunbelt Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: San Diego journalist Jack Innis describes the many fascinating people and events that influenced the development of San Diego, plus the colorful characters and groups that made headlines in the past century. The book is silled with contemporary photos of historic landmarks and places, as well as vintage illustrations and photographs.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1979-05-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Book Synopsis St Sebastian, Jack and The Silver Lining by : Milly Reynolds
Download or read book St Sebastian, Jack and The Silver Lining written by Milly Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Sebastian, Jack and The Silver Lining, is a funny, feel good children's picture book that creates contemporary conversations, based on the experiences of two likeable, quirky characters. Jack, a very unusual looking but secretly talented old man and his loyal friend, a rather wise rat, called Saint Sebastian. As they embark on adventures exploring the world, Jack is bullied and teased because of his strange looks, especially his pink and gold polka dot beard, leaving him feeling lonely and sad. St Sebastian doesn't like seeing his friend so down and supports him by making some surprisingly creative suggestions that help resurrect Jack's spirit?and perception of his beard. As his confidence grows, so too does the magical and musical qualities of his wacky beard. As Jack overcomes his adversity and develops resilience through St Sabastian's creative solutions, the duo make an exciting and unexpected discovery.
Book Synopsis Superstition Cowboys by : Jack San Felice
Download or read book Superstition Cowboys written by Jack San Felice and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Awake in the Dark written by Roger Ebert and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Arriving fifty years after Ebert published his first film review in 1967, this second edition of Awake in the Dark collects Ebert's essential writings. Featuring new Top Ten Lists and reviews of the years' finest films through 2012, this edition allows both fans and film buffs to bask in the best of an extraordinary lifetime's work."--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis World Film Locations: Singapore by : Duncan Petrie
Download or read book World Film Locations: Singapore written by Duncan Petrie and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant city and country nestled at the foot of the Malaysian peninsula, Singapore has long been a crossroads, a stopping point and a cultural hub where goods, inventions and ideas are shared and traded. Though Singapore was home to a flourishing Chinese and Malay film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, between independence in 1965 and the early 1990s, few movies were made in Singapore. A new era for cinema in the sovereign city-state started with the international recognition of Eric Khoo’s first features, followed by a New Wave comprised of graduates from local film schools. In recent years the Singapore film industry has produced commercially successful fare, such as the horror movie The Maid, as well as more artistic films like Sandcastle, the first Singaporean film to be selected for International Critic’s Week at Cannes and Ilo Ilo, which won the Caméra d’or at Cannes in 2013. Covering the myths that surround Singaporean film and exploring the realities of the movies that come from this exciting city, World Film Locations: Singapore introduces armchair travellers to a rich, but less known, national cinema
Download or read book Celluloid Singapore written by Edna Lim and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how pre-modernist conceptions and social organizations of pleasure have impacted post-WWII film
